Posts by Andrea
Short-term Pro Bono Program in Spain
Between the end of April and beginning of May our partner Work for Social carried out the third pilot of the Campus Pro Bono Program. This pilot, named ‘Sprint Pro Bono’ was carried out on-line due to the COVID-19 crisis. The beneficiary of the ‘Sprint Pro Bono’ was Viajes Tumaini, an association that connects volunteers…
Read MoreInterview to Éva Gugán, mentor of Campus Pro Bono Hungary
András F. Tóth, director of our partner ÖKA (Hungary), conducted this interview to Éva Gugán, employee of Accenture and mentor in one of their previous Campus Pro Bono Pilot Program. András F. Tóth (AFT): Could you introduce yourself and tell us who you are and what is the field you are working on? Éva Gugán…
Read MoreCreateAthon® at Universities
In 2018, during the European Pro Bono Summit in Madrid, some members of the BEESE Pro Bono Project had the chance to get to know in person Teresa Coles, co-founder of CreateAthon®, an international marketing marathon that has delivered more than $25 million in pro bono service to the nonprofit marketplace. After presenting our Project…
Read MoreNew logo for the BEESE Pro Bono Project
We are very happy to announce that we launch our new logo! Thanks to our partners from Porto University and their second Campus Pro Bono Program, their art and design students could work on our branding and new logo. Students worked guided by their teachers to end up creating and thus professionalizing our new logo.…
Read MoreCampus Pro Bono Mid-term pilot in France
A few weeks ago, the second French pilot took place on a full day. Three students surrounded by six mentors (employees and jobseekers) came together to help the NGO Démocratie Ouverte. Démocratie Ouverte (Open Democracy in english) put forward various proposals for more democracy : They have a project incubator that puts citizens back at the…
Read MoreFourth transnational meeting of the BEESE Pro Bono Project in Paris
On February 27- 28, 2020, the fourth transnational meeting within the framework of Erasmus+ BEESE project, was held at Pro Bono Lab in Paris. We were very excited because we were about halfway through the project and we could share the progress made by the consortium members in each country. The first day of the…
Read MoreImpactful co-creation: The example of Corvinus Science Shop
Article written by András Martoni (Corvinus Science Shop) about how they promote the civic engagement of their students. Corvinus Science Shop (CSS) promotes collaboration between science and society. Community partners bring their questions to the university where – through our bridging work – they partner up with lecturers, courses and students to address those questions…
Read MoreWhy it is important to do pro bono while studying?
Civic education – as it is taught today – informs but does not allow young people to experience citizenship in a concrete way. However, it is important that while young people acquire professional skills, they can put them into practice and become aware of the ability that their skills have to positively impact their surrounding…
Read MoreWe received the second category in The Good Lobby Awards 2019
The Good Lobby hosted its annual The Good Lobby Awards in Brussels on December 13, 2019. The awards celebrated citizens from different walks of life and organizations that have been successfully advocating for social change. The awarded categories were: Citizen Lobbyist, Pro Bono Lawyer, NGO, Academic, Pro Bono Professional, Philanthropist, Political Representative, Media and Collaboration…
Read MoreCampus Pro Bono Mid-Term Pilot in Bulgaria
On November 29, TimeHeroes and UNWE organized the second Campus Pro Bono Programme – mid-term pro bono pilot in Sofia, Bulgaria. The pilot was focused on helping the National Polytechnic Museum in Sofia, covering three cases in different fields of their work. Within 8 hours, 13 students and 3 mentors worked together divided into three…
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